Man Made Disaster in New Orleans Man Made Disaster in New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina is often called a natural disaster, as if it was all nature's fault, not man's. The reality, of course, is that federal, state and local governments ignored warni...
Nov 20, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
My new Think Again column, called "History Isn't a Dirty Word," about the incredible amnesia shown by the MSM regarding the Bush presidency is here; my new Nation column,...
Nov 20, 2009 / Eric Alterman
An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan
President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving. Before doing so, he would be wise to consider an alternative which has, until...
Nov 20, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda
The secretive Federal Reserve, former lair of "masters of the universe" like Alan Greenspan and Tim Geithner and current engine of a Wall-Street-first, Main-Street-last "recovery,...
Nov 20, 2009 / John Nichols
Is Sarah Palin Barbie Gone Bad? Is Sarah Palin Barbie Gone Bad?
The Nation's Naomi Klein on Palin: "She's a gun toting Barbie created in the basement of the Heritage Found."
Nov 19, 2009 / The Joy Behar Show
Jon Stewart on Why He Hates Sarah Palin Jon Stewart on Why He Hates Sarah Palin
It's not the fact that she's pretty or that she shoots things, says Stewart--"that's actually my favorite part."
Nov 19, 2009 / The Daily Show
Bad for the Jews Bad for the Jews
My new Nation column, on Marty Peretz's New Republic as being "Bad for the Jews" is here (I took a relatively high road here, and did not get personal abo...
Nov 19, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Fox Accidentatally Promotes ‘Going Rouge’ Fox Accidentatally Promotes ‘Going Rouge’
Fox News apologizes for accidentally drawing even more attention to The Nation's book criticizing Sarah Palin.
Nov 19, 2009 / Talking Points Memo
Searching for CCS Searching for CCS
Will carbon capture and sequestration help us avoid runaway climate change?
Nov 19, 2009 / Feature / Holly Wren Spaulding
Zombie Nuke Plants Zombie Nuke Plants
Our crumbling atomic power stations and the government agency that loves them.
Nov 19, 2009 / Feature / Christian Parenti